Chapter Twenty-Eight: Playing with Mud
Wait until the children have dispersed.
Zhang Luo brought the tools borrowed from the mason from the side.
these days.
Whenever Zhang Luo had free time, he would chisel stones in the yard.
The "Craftsman" skill was also upgraded to level 7 by Zhang Luo
The level 7 "Craftsman" skill already has a lot of stonemason knowledge.
Zhang Luo relied on this knowledge.
Start on the big rock by the sea.
Chiseling the stone rhythmically.
Although the "Craftsman" skill has not yet reached level 10.
But it is still very easy to carve out a large stone plate for drying salt.
The work continued till night.
Five slightly larger salt pans were cut out.
Although Zhang Luo was sore all over from doing the mason's work.
But the "Craftsman" skill has also reached level 8.
It is one of the skills that is easier to increase experience.
After using the Zhangluo system for a long time, I also found it.
As long as it's a skill that consumes more physical energy.
It becomes easier as you gain experience.
Compare that to some simple life skills.
Experience increases much more slowly.
Zhang Luo thought about the game "Wanshengyuan".
Some later entry-level skills have daily experience caps.
You can't leave your phone hanging all the time and let him keep scrolling.
But it's very different in the real world.
All kinds of energy can be restored.
Brushing coolie skills will consume more energy.
Now I have five strength points.
He is considered a very strong person among Zhenhaiwei.
Took a little rest.
Zhang Luo then chiseled the stone plate on the stone.
We waited until the sun went down before returning to Weili.
On the second day.
The children checked in at the beach again.
Zhang Luo gave them the wooden rake he made.
"Kids, today's game is very simple."
"It's just using a wooden rake to turn over the muddy water on the beach."
"It's the same as playing in mud. Do you understand?"
Who doesn't know how to play in the mud?
A group of children played a mud game with bare feet on the beach.
Zhang Luo took Zhang Wangsheng out alone.
"Wangsheng, you and I go to the reed field to get some reeds."
"Also, have you ever seen grass like this on the beach?"
Zhang Luo used a wooden rake on the tidal flats.
I simply drew a strange-looking grass.
Zhang Wangsheng has been playing at the beach since he was a child.
He took a look and said:
"This is yellowtail grass, right? There are a lot of them in the reed fields next to Zhang Luoge's guardhouse."
Zhang Luo took the little fool to the edge of the reed field with great interest.
The reeds in the field are not yet fully mature.
A few yellow reeds left over from last year.
Mixed in with the new reeds that are thriving this year.
The scene is like a picture of a farmhouse with reeds.
Zhang Luo pointed to the reed field and said to the little fool:
"The word Jian Jia is mentioned in the Book of Songs."
"This Jian Jia refers to the reed, do you know it?"
Zhang Wangsheng nodded quickly.
System sound pops up.
[Complete science and education tasks, science and education lv improves, experience 35/70]
Zhang Luo regretted that he did not bring more students.
Unfortunately the system was shut down.
Zhang Luo led the little fool into the reed field.
Use farm tools to harvest last year's yellow reeds.
While searching for yellowtail grass in the fields.
This reed field is shared by the guards.
Anyone with a Zhenhaiwei household registration can use this field.
No one from the passing villagers came to stop Zhang Luo.
Looking at Zhang Wangsheng with his head buried in the field.
Zhang Luo felt a little embarrassed.
Compared with the people of Zhenhaiwei.
As a person who has traveled from the 21st century, I am still too lazy.
Farming at sunrise and returning home at sunset.
Farm life in the feudal era was not something you could just do with your little hands.
Some are just farm work that will never be finished.
Children around the age of ten have to help their families cut grass.
It's not like in today's society where you can rely on your home to sleep peacefully.
You won’t starve to death if you don’t work.
In this era, people once stopped farming.
You will face the dilemma of having no food to eat.
Take this reed field for example.
Dried reeds are a very important resource.
Dried reeds can be used to make fire and cook rice.
Cut away the withered reeds.
Only then will there be room for new reeds to grow.
More reeds will grow in the second year.
Farm work means making a living step by step.
Slowly ask for the harvest from the God of Nature.
Need to get more resources.
You can light more fires in the middle of winter.
The hope of survival is even greater.
As for what some people say, go up the mountain and cut down trees in winter.
Let’s not talk about the risks of going up the mountain in this era.
The land products in the mountains are owned by the government.
People went up the mountain privately to cut down trees.
If the officials in the county government find out.
It's not as easy as just asking you to pay a fine.
Take back your mind.
Zhang Luo and Zhang Wangsheng then harvested the reeds.
After a while, I heard the little fool's cry.
"Brother Zhang Luo, we found the yellow croaker!"
Zhang Luo hurriedly walked over.
Sure enough, I saw a strange grass.
The leaves of yellowtail are light green.
The shape of the leaves is somewhat similar to that of a small yellow croaker.
Zhang Luo stretched out his hand and pulled out a few yellowtail plants.
Put it carefully into your pocket.
Then he said to Zhang Wangsheng:
"Okay, the yellowtail grass has been found, let's go back to the beach."
Wait until the two of them return to the beach.
The tidal flats that were filled with sea water in the past few days were stirred up by the children.
The sea water has dispersed a lot.
Zhang Luo asked the children to dig out the soil full of sea water.
Spread flat on the stone to dry in the sun.
Zhang Luo sat in front of the pit and did carpentry work.
He found some wood and made a large wooden frame.
Then nail the bamboo boards under the wooden frame.
Then put some reed poles.
Zhang Luo placed the wooden frame on the pit.
Pressed down with a wooden rake.
After confirming that it is not loose.
Let the children carry the dried soil to the edge of the wooden frame.
Zhang Luo took out another wooden cup and handed it to Zhang Wangsheng.
Let him bring some water from the sea.
Then spread the sea soil flatly on the wooden frame.
Then he said to Zhang Wangsheng who was filling the water:
"Pour the seawater in the cup up little by little."
Glass after glass of sea water was poured into the wooden frame.
A filter net made of reeds and sea mud.
The dried salt from the sea soil and the sea water were washed into the pit.
Zhang Luo called the thinnest child to stand on the wooden frame.
Use force to squeeze out the remaining salt in the sea mud.
Keep washing the sea mud.
Zhang Luo reluctantly got a pit of usable brine.
Zhang Luo took out yellowtail grass from his pocket.
Pull off the top leaves.
Leave the stems behind and throw them into the brine.
Yellowtail stems can be used to measure salinity.
If the yellowtail grass thrown in can float on the brine.
This means that the salt in the brine is saturated enough.
If the salinity is insufficient, yellowtail grass will sink.
This requires letting the sea mud dry in the sun for a while.
Wait until the salt in the mud has completely evaporated.
Fortunately, Zhang Luo was lucky this time.
Yellowtail grass floats on the brine.
The salinity is already saturated!
Zhang Luo quickly picked up the water and poured out the brine.
Then he slowly poured the brine into the stone plate he carved out yesterday.
Done these things.
A pool filled with brine on a stone plate.
The blue sky is reflected on the brine.
It looks like a sapphire placed on the stone plate.
This chapter has been completed!